Overview
spoker is a real-time planning poker application for agile teams. Team members join a room, vote on story points, and see the room state synchronize through Firebase Realtime Database.
The current app uses authenticated, email-verified accounts. It supports public and password-protected rooms, private vote labels, and three roles: owner, participant, and observant.
Why I Built This
I built this to improve the scrum poker experience my EPD team was using during backlog planning. I wanted a clearer interface, better responsiveness, and a more reliable room workflow.
Key Features
Real-Time Collaborative Rooms
Multiple users join a room and receive live updates through Firebase Realtime Database.
Private Voting
Vote labels remain hidden until the configured reveal condition is met, helping reduce anchoring during estimation.
Role-Based Access
Owners, participants, and observants have different permissions within a room.
Task Management
A queue-based workflow organizes active stories and keeps a completed-task history.
Room Privacy
Rooms can be public or password-protected.
Build Notes
Firebase Services
Firebase Authentication handles sign-in and email verification. Firebase Realtime Database stores room state and synchronizes updates across connected clients.
Current Stack
The current implementation uses Next.js 16, React, Chakra UI v3, TypeScript, and Zustand. The project remains actively maintained, with recent releases focused on dependency and framework updates.